"Governor, have you already decided on a good candidate?"

In the conference room of the Governor's Mansion, Zong Wu looked up at Yan Shao, with some expectation in his heart.

Shortly after the fall of Hanyang, as early as early November, that is, on November 9, Li Yuanhong, in the name of the governor of the Hubei Military Government, sent a telegram to the independent provinces, asking them to send representatives to Wuchang for a meeting to discuss the formation of the central government.

Two days later, on November 11, the military government governors of the three provinces, including Chen Qimei, the governor of Shanghai, and Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, sent a telegram inviting representatives of the provinces to Shanghai for a meeting, also to discuss the formation of a provisional government.

As a member of the southern provinces, Anhui naturally cannot but send representatives to participate in this situation. Since Wuchang was the first to launch an uprising, representatives from many provinces had already arrived in Wuhan, and the main leaders of the League, Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren and others, were also in Wuhan. So Yan Shao randomly selected two people from the military government and sent them to Wuchang to discuss the formation of a provisional government.

Later, due to the change of the situation, the most important thing was that the southern provinces needed a representative to negotiate with Yuan Shikai on behalf of the southern provinces, so the Shanghai side finally made a compromise and decided that the representatives of the provinces would go to Wuhan to discuss the organization of the provisional central government and formulate the "Outline of the Organization of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China".

At the same time, because Wuchang is the land of righteousness, it is faint that the representatives of the provinces are mainly from Wuchang.

This time was different from the previous ones, Wuchang and Shanghai had a dispute earlier, and it was enough to send two people over to deal with it. Now they are really preparing to discuss the affairs of the provisional government, and the two people who were originally sent are somewhat out of the table. Therefore, people in the military government hope that Yan Shao can re-elect two people to pass.

"How?" Seeing Zong Wu's expectant look, Yan Shao was a little helpless. "You want to go too..."

"Of course." With his chest straightened, Zong Wu replied.

After all, the Provisional Government was discussed. This kind of thing is destined to be recorded in the history books, how could Zong Wu not be interested.

It's a pity that he Zongwu is an ordinary man, if he is a girl who is convex and backward, maybe Yan Shao is still a little excited.

So Yan Shao just frowned slightly. "If you go, what about the new policies that are being implemented now?" The so-called New Deal naturally refers to a series of tax exemption policies, as well as the ongoing implementation of the identity card, household registration and reserve system. These are all within the scope of the civilian government, and of course, the Ministry of Military Affairs also has a little bit. If Zong Wu runs away at this time, what should he do about these things?

For Yan Shao, these matters were much more important than the provisional government that was ready to be discussed in Wuchang.

However, this time Zong Wu came over, but he had already prepared. "Don't worry. Governor. I've already arranged everything, and I promise that I won't delay the business..."When he said this, Zong Wu also had a look of confidence on his face.

Seeing his confident look, Yan Shao shook his head.

"Forget it, since you want to go, go with the deputy governor, remember, when you arrive in Wuchang, keep an eye on him, if something suspicious happens, or if he talks to some suspicious person. Remember to send the news back..."

"Don't worry, Dudu..."With Yuan Shikai's victories in Hankou and Hanyang. Li Guoyun's part of the people also began to jump up and down, although not everyone would listen to their demagoguery, but many people already felt that Li Guoyun, the deputy governor, and Yan Shao, the governor, had become opposites, so it was really no surprise to hear Yan Shao say this about Zongwu.

After obtaining permission from Yan Shao, Minister of Civil Affairs Zong Wu and Li Guoyun, deputy governor of the Anhui Military Government, sailed to Wuchang.

On 30 November, a joint meeting of representatives of the provincial governors decided that the Hubei Military Government would be the central military government, and that the representatives of the provinces would go to Wuhan to discuss the organization of the provisional central government and formulate the "Outline of the Organization of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China."

On the same day, representatives of various provinces gathered from Shanghai to Wuhan and held the first meeting of representatives of various provinces at Shunchang Foreign Bank in the British Concession of Hankou, and agreed to negotiate peace with Yuan Shikai. Because the British consul general in Hankow, Graham Fu, said that Li Yuanhong must be able to represent the provinces before he can negotiate peace. On the same day, the provincial congress decided to appoint the Hubei military government as the central military government, and Li Yuanhong to carry out the central government affairs in the name of the metropolitan governor.

On 1 December, the North and the South signed the "Armistice Agreement in the Wuhan Area," and the Wuhan area ceased fire for three days from 8 a.m. on 3 December to 8 a.m. on 6 December. On December 3, there was a ceasefire in the Wuhan area and truce negotiations were held. Five more agreements were signed between the North and the South, and the armistice was finally extended until January 29, 1912.

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Just like Zong Wu said, he was indeed fully prepared before leaving, so although he had left, the several plans being implemented by the civil government were indeed not hindered.

Because Yan Shao already had a relatively stable team before the incident, although the people below were busy with the affairs of the military government, Yan Shao was relatively leisurely, and when he had nothing to do, he could even go to Dahu to see the progress of the construction of the new mansion—————— just like he once said, he did hate the current governor's mansion.

Standing next to the big lake, looking at the mansion that had already taken a slightly rudimentary shape, Yan Shao's mood changed a lot.

"How long will it take to finish?" Touching the stubble that he had forgotten to shave in the morning, Yan Shao looked at Gao Jun who was standing aside.

"There are still two months..."After all, he is the person in charge, and Gao Jun still knows a lot about it." Within two months, the main body and interior decoration of the mansion can be roughly completed, but outside the mansion, if you want to make it like the manor in Wuhu, I'm afraid it will take a long time, at least not a few months..."

"It doesn't matter, if I can move out of the Governor's Mansion sooner..."

Yan Shao really didn't like the original place now, walked to the lakeside, looked at the few fish swimming in it, Yan Shao felt that this place might be better than his original residence in Wuhu—————— at least this lake is much bigger than the original.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the weather had become cold now, looking at the clear lake in the distance, Yan Shao would even have the idea of jumping in and swimming around. It's a pity. Stretching out his hand to feel the cold climate, Yan Shao shook his head and dispelled this thought.

Being sick in this day and age is no joke.

I looked around the mansion. Just when Yan Shao wanted to see if there was any case of cutting corners, a car suddenly drove outside.

After a while, a young man jumped out of the car. "Governor, news just came that Mr. Huang Xing's boat in the Alliance has just docked in Anqing, and he said that he wants to visit you."

"Huang Xing? See me? Yan Shao, who was observing the mansion, was taken aback when he heard the news, he originally thought that he and the Alliance had been insulated. I never thought that the people of the Alliance would come to visit me?

"This is really a strange thing..."Thinking so, Yan Shao nodded. I'll go back..."

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At Anqing Wharf, Tian Tong and other entourages were trying their best to persuade Huang Xing. After all, the Anhui military government is also notoriously unfriendly to the League.

"And although the matter in Wuhu is still under investigation, I'm afraid that the one surnamed Yan did it, and now at this time, I came to Anqing, what if the person surnamed Yan had a bad idea?!" Stand next to Huang Xing. Tian Tong said bitterly.

"yes. Kegong, now Nanjing is waiting for you to preside over the overall situation, if there is any accident at this time..."

To the people of the League, Yan Shao is simply synonymous with hypocrisy. On the one hand, they carried out various new policies to buy people's hearts, and on the other hand, they killed comrades who were also revolutionary parties.

Now that Huang Xing said that he was going to visit Yan Shao, wouldn't that be sending sheep into the tiger's mouth? In case Yan Shao decided to keep them as 'guests'. It is highly unlikely that they will be able to leave Anhui safely.

Facing everyone's dissuasion, Huang Xing waved his hand.

Of course, he had also heard about Wuhu. It's just that after all, he hasn't had any evidence yet, and Huang Xing doesn't want to suspect the governor of a province like this.

The most important thing is that he came to Anhui this time to get some help.

Just when Tian Tong and the others were still there to persuade Huang Xing, several soldiers in pure black military uniforms and military government officials in black suits suddenly walked in the distance.

"I'm sorry, I've neglected everyone..."Walking forward quickly, Li Liang smiled and stretched out his right hand to Huang Xing. I have heard the name of Kegong for a long time, and it is really a blessing to see it today..."

Just after being angry at Wuchang's side, Li Liang's courtesy made Huang Xing's senses much better for him. "Oh? How do you recognize me? Could it be that where have we ever met? After speaking, Huang Xing recalled it in his mind, but no matter how he thought about it, he didn't remember that he had ever seen the person in front of him.

In fact, after years of tempering, Li Liang is not the immature young man who accompanied Yan Shao when he left the United States, especially after wearing a black suit, he is quite majestic.

For such a person, Huang Xing felt that if he had seen it, he would never forget it.

Seeing Huang Xing's thoughtful appearance there, Li Liang shook his head with a smile. "Don't think about Kegong, you and I are still meeting for the first time, let me introduce myself first, contemptible Li Liang, the current Minister of Finance of the Anhui Military Government, this time I heard that Kegong came to Wuhu, specially came to greet him, we are all in the manor of Dahu now, I have sent someone to inform him, so please forgive Kegong..."

"As for why I recognize Kegong, with Kegong's outstanding temperament, I can guess it with just a guess..."

Hearing Li Liang's compliment, Huang Xing suddenly laughed happily, and his favorability towards Li Liang also increased a lot.

On the other side, Li Liang smiled slightly, and then asked them to follow him.

Of course, what he said just now was a lie, in fact, the reason why Li Liang recognized Huang Xing was entirely because he had seen Huang Xing's photo.

Although like Fu Xiuming and others, they all have some rejection of the existence of the Special Affairs Bureau, but Li Liang has to admit that the Special Affairs Bureau has indeed done a lot of useful things, especially in terms of intelligence, almost all the photos and other materials of the main cadres of the Alliance have been collected by the Special Affairs Bureau, and Li Liang can only recognize him because he has seen the photos of Huang Xing and others...

Huang Xing's senses for Li Liang were very good, so he didn't say politely after getting in the car. "By the way, you just said that you are all governors?"

"Oh." Li Liang hurriedly replied. "We, the Governor, are at the Great Lake, watching the progress of the manor. Now the layout of the Governor's Mansion is a little unaccustomed to our Governor's Mansion, so more than half a month ago, he specially ordered someone to build a manor on the shore of the Great Lake, and he will often go there to check the progress in recent times. But I've already sent someone to inform him, and I'm sure it won't be long before I'll be back..."

"But..."Sitting in the co-pilot's seat, Tian Tong hesitated. Wouldn't it be too extravagant for the manor..."

Hearing Tian Tong's words, several other people accompanying him also nodded.

Although the revolutionaries of these days did not demand a hard life, they built a manor or something for their own enjoyment, which seemed to them to be a bit too much.

Smiled helplessly. Li Liang also knew very well that the outside world didn't seem to be able to understand this approach, after all, revolutionaries couldn't be associated with luxury in these days, but since Huang Xing said so. Li Liang couldn't help answering. "In our case, it is not mandatory for members to live a puritanical life, and as long as the income is justified, then how we spend it is our own business. The government is not going to interfere..."

After speaking, Li Liang smiled and looked at Huang Xing sitting beside him. "To the Governor. The cost of building a manor house is not even a hundredth of his net worth, so naturally it is not extravagant..."

After all, it is different from the agricultural era, where productivity is weak, so it needs to be thrifty, but now it is the industrial age, and what is needed is consumption-driven economy, so as long as it is not excessive waste, there is no harm to the economy.

As for building a manor to make yourself comfortable, is it too wasteful? At least not in Yan Shao's opinion. After all, just like Li Liang said, the cost of building a manor is not even one percent of Yan Shao's net worth.

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Per cent. After listening to Li Liang's explanation, Tian Tong and the others were not good at saying anything, but Huang Xing's eyes lit up, and he once again confirmed the correctness of coming to Anqing this time.

When Huang Xing and his entourage arrived at the Governor's Mansion, it happened that Yan Shao also rushed back from the side of the Great Lake.

When he met Huang Xing, Yan Shao was also very enthusiastic.

For Huang Xing, Yan Shao has much more respect than Sun Yat-sen. After all, more than half of the uprisings in China were led by Huang Xing, and compared with Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing can be called a man of action.

On the other hand, when he saw Yan Shaohao, Huang Xing was also looking at the young man in front of him.

Tall, this is Huang Xing's first impression after seeing Yan Shao, and after seeing Yan Shao's warm smile on his face, Huang Xing's second impression is that he is a very gentle young man.

Although most of the people who stood up for revolution at this time were young people, it was rare to see someone as young as Yan Shao. Therefore, Huang Xin was also a little amazed that Yan Shao was able to make so many achievements at a young age.

On the other hand, Yan Shao and Li Liang's courtesy to Huang Xing also made Huang Xing a little more sure of his next requirements. So after pondering for a while, Huang Xing said straightforwardly.

"Huang Xing came to Anqing this time, mainly because of one thing..."

sighed bitterly in his heart, from the time Huang Xing came to the door, Yan Shao had already guessed his intention. There is no way, the tree is very popular, and now everyone knows that he is a rich man, and it is strange not to ask for the main points.

This is also one of the reasons why he is in such a hurry to expand the army into 3 divisions, now the people of the Alliance and Beiyang are worried about other things, and they can't draw enough manpower at all, but if they wait until the end of the peace talks between the north and the south, if they don't have enough troops in their hands, it will be equivalent to a defenseless girl standing in front of a bunch of strong men.

The result can be imagined.

Fortunately, now the establishment of 3 divisions plus 1 regiment is full, and half of their training has been completed. As long as the equipment from Germany and the United States is sent, with the superiority of equipment, it is not impossible for 3 divisions to fight 30 divisions of the people's army. And the promotion of the reserve system can also allow Yan Shao to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops in a short period of time—————— as long as the equipment is sufficient.

However, for Huang Xing, Yan Shao is still very good in terms of senses, and now he belongs to the same revolutionary camp, so it is not easy to refuse directly, so Yan Shao nodded. "But it doesn't hurt to say it, as long as Yan does it, there will be no excuses..."

"Okay." Huang Xing nodded and said happily. "Now the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army is preparing to attack Nanjing, and there is an urgent shortage of weapons and ammunition, so Huang wants to ask your government for some support, so as to contribute to the recovery of Nanjing..."

At this time, Huang Xing had not yet experienced the torture of the Nanjing Detention Center, and during the revolution in the past, most of the donations raised from various places were used to buy arms, so at this time he had not yet deeply realized the importance of money, and subconsciously thought that arms were more important than money—————— in fact, this view was not wrong.

Huang Xing is a good-looking person, although he took the initiative to leave in Wuchang this time, but in the eyes of outsiders, it is no different from being kicked out. If he set off for Shanghai like this now, he would not be able to accept the gaze of others at his sight.

So he needs to bring something to Wuchang, so that at least he doesn't go there empty-handed.

This is just like Sun Yat-sen, before returning to China, he first ran around the country and decided to 'commit himself to diplomacy'.

If Huang Xing directly asked Yan Shao for money, maybe Yan Shao would shirk it, after all, he knew very well how important money was to the later Nanjing Provisional Government, but since he was just asking for some arms...

"No problem." Yan Shao said briskly. "I'll arrange it right away..."

Anyway, there are a lot of 'rags' in the barracks that have been changed and are worried that there is no place to deal with them, so it is not bad to hand them over to Huang Xing and let him go to support Nanjing. (To be continued......)